A challenge for Fraser
Suddenly he seems to be everywherebriefing candidates, wooing the press, and greeting voters with a cheery "G'day. How yer goin'?" Seizing the offensive on the campaign trail, Bob Hawke, 53, is not about to waste a long-awaited opportunity enhanced by some providential timing. On the same day that the way was cleared for Hawke to assume leadership of Australia's Labor Party, Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser unexpectedly scheduled general elections for March 5. In the space of barely a month, the charismatic and impatient Hawke could thus be catapulted...
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